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July 23, 2026

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Chris Judd

Herd psychology

Every president of the Quebec Farmers Association is offered the opportunity to speak to a class at McGill. Many years ago, I was . .

Water

One of our first lessons in physics is learned when we are kids playing in puddles in the spring. The first lesson was . .

Stirring the pot

This is an old expression that we have all used. When the kids start bickering over who should clean the snow off the step, or

Who’s running the ship?

Many countries that were some of our best customers are reluctant to buy, or refuse to buy our products. Farmers used to be . .

Legal vs. common sense

During the last week of October, CBC published a story about a hefty fine levied against a small group of . . .

Reactive or proactive

Every year in our farming community, there are several farm machinery fires. These fires are very . . .

Punished

Well, the election is over, we hope, for another . . .

Thankful

Every year we get several long weekends to break up the year and give you that extra day or two to take a little .

Time management on the farm

Mom died many years ago but I’ll never forget her saying, “If you don’t set it down in the wrong place, you never have to

Herd psychology

Every president of the Quebec Farmers Association is offered the opportunity to speak to a class at McGill. Many years ago, I was . . .

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Water

One of our first lessons in physics is learned when we are kids playing in puddles in the spring. The first lesson was . . .

Read More »

Stirring the pot

This is an old expression that we have all used. When the kids start bickering over who should clean the snow off the step, or they bring up little things such as the other sibling didn’t help with the dishes

Read More »

Thankful

Every year we get several long weekends to break up the year and give you that extra day or two to take a little . . .

Read More »

Time management on the farm

Mom died many years ago but I’ll never forget her saying, “If you don’t set it down in the wrong place, you never have to waste time picking it up.” Imagine the . . .

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